Offbeat 2015 Gallery

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This picture taken on June 10, 2016 shows a pair of shoes put on the grass as the shadow appears next to them prior to a workout on the running track ahead of the Rio-2016 Olympics at Baraton campus near Eldoret town, aproximately 350 km north of capital, Nairobi, on June 10, 2016.
Made in the colours of Kenya's national flag, 'enda iten' (swahili for Go!-Iten) is in the running to earn a place as a home-grown flagship of Kenya's high flying performance in international athletics with hopes of a debut in the forthcoming Olympic's in Rio, Brazil -2016. Founded in 2015 by Kenyan, Navalayo Osembo-Ombati with American entrepreneur Weldon Kennedy, 'enda iten' is infused with the spirit of ?harambee,? a Swahili term that refers to coming together as a community to accomplish a goal and embodying the founders' intent for benefit from Kenya's culture of, and international success at distance running by having a percentage of shoe's sales profits donated to fund projects aimed at improving access to clean water, sanitation, healthcare and education. / AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA

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This picture taken on July 8, 2015 shows 13-year-old jockey Purevsurengiin Togtokhsuren playing basketball after taking care of the horses in Khui Doloon Khudag, some 50 kms west of Ulan Bator. Despite being only 13 years old, Togtokhsuren is riding for the fifth time in the national races for Mongolia's summer festival, known as Naadam, lining up against some 170 other child jockeys. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE / AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

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